Fort Worth Heritage Trails - Hispanic Heritage - Fort Worth, TX
N 32° 45.410 W 097° 19.972
14S E 656172 N 3625560
Fort Worth Heritage Trails sign commemorating the city's Hispanic heritage.
Waymark Code: WMFV5H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2012
Views: 6
The sign is located on the west side of Main St, where it intersects Weatherford St, across from the Tarrant County Courthouse. It says:
Fort Worth’s Hispanic community dates to 1849, when cavalryman Anthony Mendez was among the first soldiers at the fort. Vaqueros (Hispanic cowboys) rode in cattle drives of the late 1880s. Fort Worth’s earliest Hispanic residents were noted in the 1880 U.S. census. Political upheavals in Mexico in the early 1900s brought waves of immigrant families seeking work in the city’s railroads, steel plants, stockyards meat packinghouses, hotels and restaurants. Latino neighborhoods (barrios) sprang up around these employment sites on the north, east, and south sides of downtown.
Barrio family life revolved around school and church, with charitable organizations providing support to newcomers adapting to city life. Several restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores and other Hispanic businesses established in the early 20th century still operate today.
Heritage Trails 2006
Sponsored by City of Fort Worth
Group that erected the marker: Fort Worth Heritage Trails/City of Fort Worth
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Main and Weatherford Streets
Fort Worth, TX USA
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